Ah, Germany.  You know - I had a long talk with a German woman this summer and she told me that patriotism is frowned upon and they’re only taught be be embarrassed of their history/identity.  She also told me that the last time they had any pride in themselves is when they won some big soccer game.

I supported Corbyn so by some I could be considered that as well.

The story was a possibile hate crime attack.

It turned into Fake News when the media in this country and the School Board did the unusal step of having a grand news confrence with the child and the media and pushing this narative about how racist Canada is for Muslims.

Reality is Canada is one of the best countries for Muslims to worship and pray and the fact this turned into fake news, has really shaken a lot of peoples credability in Canadian Media.

How fast the media has stopped reporting it on this story also speaks volumes.

I dont trust media usually because I do believe in the facts given but it is rater obvious that everything is told through a lens of some editor or board trying to push an agenda.

Well, the CBC was given a huge raise when the Liberals won the election so their survival depends on fluffing the Liberals at every opportunity.  They barely even open up their comment section anymore in fear that Canadians will call them out on their poor and ultra biased journalism.  The girl’s face and name were plastered everywhere.  I mean, she’s 11.  Is that even legal?  It’s certainly not moral.

You'll have to wait until I'm back from school until I get a more in-depth response. However, if the bill you told Vivster about is the one I think it is, that is nonbinding so it essentially means nothing.

Now the CBC blurred the girls face before splashing it across the main page over the entire weekend.

This kind of stuff always gets attention. It's volatile and gets people talking because it confirms or preys upon fears and agendas. "Immigrant attacks woman", "Black man rapes white woman", "White man beats innocent Muslim", "Cop shoots unarmed black male". Stories like this jump out at you. Sometimes, they're just made up.

I remember back when I was a cop. The area I live in was roughly 50/50 black and white. I got a call--i honestly can't remember what the initial call was but when I got there, a white female was laying on the floor next to her overturned wheelchair. She said she was raped by a black male. I immediately called for backup and different agencies from all over were looking for this black male who left on foot in our rural town. A few hours later, everyone left and my investigator friend told me the whole thing was made up. She just wanted attention.

The media, in their rush to report the news, probably didn't investigate as thoroughly as they could have, or (more likely) just reported the story as it was reported to the police. Certain stories just gain traction as national headlines. Remember "Balloon Boy"?

Nobody looks good when false stories are reported. Just hope that the people who use these stories for political gain are paying attention when they're revealed to be false reports.

*Edit* I live in the United States and haven't heard this story, btw

I just think the media writes endless thinkpiece articles wondering why society is so polarized and divided.

Its mostly thier drive to get attention and clickbait article clicks on social media... is the reason why.


Instead of Possibile hate crime in Toronto... the story was henious attack on Muslim girl wearing a hijab.

what drives the clicks?

And ironically the media itself seems to be using the term every now and then. The truth doesn't really matter for the media, as long as the story itself fits their narrative.

By the way, if a 80's kid jumped to a modern day, they'd be amazed how many ninjas you can see in the modern street image. 

While I agree on the context, intent and moderation, there's few problems: I find it unbelievable that a modern society would still make blasphemy laws (then again, this is Americas we're talking about, which is much more religious than Europe). If we make "one type of discrimination" illegal, why don't we make all discrimination illegal, so that everyone would be happy and equal. Also, the definions used for what is "islamophobia", for example, is very important: real-life examples show us, that if an imaam want's death to western society, it is not considered hate speech, but condemning the imaam is considered islamophobia, or wanting death to the imaam who want's you dead is considered hate speech.

Strictly speaking of "phobia", what next the want illegal? Fear of the dark? Snakes? Spiders? 

You know you're liberal when the left hates you as much as the right does.

Germany is on the left so far. The more right wing immigrants there's coming, the more on the right the country will turn to.

How many of those blatant racists get charged in Germany? Is it that if you're certain ethnicity or religion, you can get away for doing the same thing that others can't?